Shaboom

For this weekend's hike we went to Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake. This hike was obviously very different from our earlier ones. The land is still recovering from the 1980 eruption. Although stark and desolate it was eerily beautiful. Below is a view of the Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake. The light and dark objects in the lake are trees.

New growth is happening all over with new trees, shrubs and flowers. With all the pre-1980 trees blown to the ground by the eruption the views were open and spectacular.

We were able to view Mt. Rainier . . .

Mt. Adams . . .

and Mt. Hood.